Improvement in adjustable seats of vehicles



G. J. LUCAS.

Wagon-Seat.

Patented Apr. 27, 1858.

O. z l 1h O U :lx T/ M NvFErERs, PHOTOMTNOGRAFHER, WASHINGTON, n C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE J. LUCAS, OF POUGHKEEPSIE, NET YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND.ICI-IN G. LUCAS, OF SAME PLACE.-

IMPROVEMENT IN ADJUSTABLE SEATS OF VEHICLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 20,127, dated April 27,1858.

F0 @ZZ wh/)11b 'it '11mg concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. LUCAS, of Poughkeepsie, in the county ofDutchess and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Pleasl1re-\Vagons; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification,in which- Figures l and 2 are longitudinal vertical and central sectionsof my improvement, showing the two different positions of the seats.Fig. 8 is a transverse vertical section of the same, taken in the lineFig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

This invention consists in a novel way of arranging two seats of awagon, as hereinafter described, whereby the same may be readilyconverted from a one to a two seated ve hicle, and vice versa.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents the body of a wagon, and B C are its two seats. The sidepieces or sup ports d c of the seat B rest on the upper surt'aces of thesides b b of the body A, and the back support c ot' said seat rests on atop board d, which covers the back part of the body, as shown in Figs. land 2. The seat B is allowed to slide freely on the body A, and it isconnected to two levers D D, which are attached one to each side b ofthe body, e e being the fulcra of the levers. The upper ends of thelevers D D are slotted longitudinally for a short distance, as shown atf, and pins g, which project one from the inner side and lower part ofeach support a of the seat B, are fitted in these slots. The side piecesor supports L 7i of the seat C rest or bear on longitudinal bars fi,which are fitted within the body, one at each side, and at its lowerpart. The outer side of each support h has a ledge attached to it, andthese ledges work under ledges or strips 7a, which are attached to thesides of the body and serve to retain the seat C in proper position. Thelower ends ot' the levers D D are connected by links ZZto the lower partof the supports 7L h of the seat C, and the top board ax of the seat Cprojects a short distance beyond each side piece or support h, so thatthey may, when, the seats are closed or fitted one over the other,project over ledges m m, which are attached one to the inner side ofeach side piece or support a. d of the seat B. (See Fig. 3.) It will beseen that the seat C is necessarily rather smaller than the seat B, sothat it may pass underneath it, and by moving the seat B forward the twoseats B C, in consequence of their connection by means of the levers D Dand links Z Z will approach each other simultaneously in a perfectlyhorizontal direction,

and the seat B will inclose the seat C, -(see Fig. 2,) thereby forminga, one-seated body, and by shoving the seat B backward a reversemovement will take place and a twoseated body will be obtained, as shownin Fig. l. \Vl1en the seats are closed or moved one over the other, theyare kept. firmly down by means of the ledges j r k m fm and theprojecting,r ends of the top board a* of the seat C. The seats aresecured in either an open or closed state by means of screws n n, whichpass through the lower parts of the supports 7L L of the seat C and intothe sides b D of the body or into holes made in metal plates iittedtherein.

This is a very simple and useful improvement. Itmay be constructed atavery small expense above the ordinary cost of a twoseated wagon, and theadvantage of either a one or two seated wagon obtained, and by havingboth seats move their position is changed relatively with the body sothat the weight of the load will always be properly distributed in thebody whether one or both seats are used. This would not be the ease itonly one seat were movable, as in the latter instance the load could notbe properly disposed within the body so that each spring would bear anequal weight.

I do not claim, broadly and irrespective of the arrangement hereinshown, so connecting wagon-seats that one may be folded or closed overthe other, for this has been previously done; but,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The connection of the two seats B C by means of levers D D and links ZZ,'substan tially as and for the purposes set forth.

GEORGE J. LUCAS. Witnesses:

H. A. NELSON, WALTER FARRINGTON.

